Released 3 May 2005 Label Yep Roc Records | Length 65:4 Release date 3 May 2005 | |
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Recorded November 2004 – January 2005 Producer Mark Wallis & Dave Ruffy Similar The Go-Betweens albums, Rock music albums | ||
Oceans apart
Oceans Apart is the ninth and final album by The Go-Betweens, released in 2005. All the songs were written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster. The album was recorded at the Good Luck Studios in London between November 2004 through to January 2005, except for "Boundary Rider" which was recorded at The White Room Recording Studio in Brisbane.
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The live recordings on the bonus disc were recorded at The Barbican Concert Hall, London on 27 June 2004.
The album won the 2005 "Adult Contemporary Album" award at the 2005 ARIA music awards.
Many reviews and fans complained of the aggressively loud and distorted mastering of the initial release by Jon Astley to the extent that Lo-Max offered to exchange the original pressing for a newer release where the problem is less evident.
Forster later claimed "Darlinghurst Nights" was the song he was most pleased with writing throughout his career. He said "I loved writing the lyric, and I could just get all these people in - Frank Brunetti, who used to be in Died Pretty and was a music journalist on RAM; Clinton Walker is in it. It's a song that no-one else could have written but me - for better or worse."
Track listing
- "Here Comes a City" – 3:25
- "Finding You" – 4:02
- "Born to a Family" – 3:08
- "No Reason to Cry" – 3:53
- "Boundary Rider" – 2:45
- "Darlinghurst Nights" – 6:18
- "Lavender" – 3:09
- "The Statue" – 4:25
- "This Night's for You" – 4:25
- "The Mountains Near Dellray" – 3:28
Bonus disc
- "People Say" (Live) – 3:31
- "He Lives My Life" (Live) – 4:03
- "The Wrong Road" (Live) – 5:17
- "Bye Bye Pride" (Live) – 4:54
- "When People Are Dead" (Live) – 4:45
- "Streets of Your Town" (Live) – 3:36
Go-Betweens
Additional musicians
Songs
1Here Comes a City3:25
2Finding You4:02
3Born to a Family3:08